Gender and Asylum-Seeking in a European Borderland: Intersectional Discriminations and “Lessened” Citizenship-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Gender and Asylum-Seeking in a European Borderland: Intersectional Discriminations and “Lessened” Citizenship

Published:2024-07-26 Issue:1 Volume:40 Page:1-17
ISSN:1920-7336
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Karagiannopoulou Chara^ORCID,Tastsoglou Evangelia^ORCID,Petrinioti Sandy^ORCID

Abstract

This paper presents a feminist analysis of the manifold and intertwined discriminations faced by asylumseeking women in a European “borderland”—specifically, Greece. It explores how these discriminations operate across law, policy, practice, and discourse, while highlighting the dynamic interplay of intersectional discriminations with citizenship rights and practices. Data were collected through 35 interviews with asylumseeking women. The analysis shows that (a) intersectional discriminations occur at both macro- and microlevels, reproducing and consolidating the women’s “lessened” citizenship, while (b) “lessened” citizenship reinforces their precarious status and leaves them vulnerable to multiform, multi-sited gender-based violence.

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